Off to Boston, and #SSAC16

From Dublin to Boston for the 2016 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. There will be nerding.

Sloan 2015 – the stupidly long roundup – Part 2

The second part. Kirk Goldsberry on breaking the game he loves and the NHL's Brian Burke on, well, everything. And some final thoughts on how Sloan is changing.

Sloan 2015 – the stupidly long roundup – Part 1

As promised. And it is indeed stupidly long. This is just part one. Grab a cuppa, settle in. It's time to Sloan.

Sloan Sports Analytics Conference shows influence of statistics on US sport

There was a decent Irish turnout at Sloan 2015 but a serious lack of European soccer presence. A report for the Irish Times.

Some Edward Tufte…

A video used by Edward Tufte during his talk at Sloan

(Newstalk) Dorkapalooza: a report from the smarter side of sport

I was on Newstalk's Off The Ball with Ger Gilroy talking about the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.